Chapter 9: Conceptual spaces and scientific data models
Abstract
This chapter will more substantially develop our approach to Conceptual Space Theory in natural (as well as programming) language contexts, that was initiated in earlier chapters. We present further philosophical motivations for the structural details of our proposed “Syntagmatic Graph” representations and examine techniques for integrating conceptual spaces with linguistic paradigms such as Conceptual Role Semantics and situational semantics. Our central argument is that the classical linguistic concept of “thematic roles” provides an alternative framework for analyzing the semantic integration of multiple conceptual spaces, contrasted with “quantitative blend” models endemic to ...
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